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@M125 f 'trnt @ffice JAMES CHAMBERS, o F Boeren,I Massa GHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 72,453, dated .December 24, 1867; antedatecl December7, 1867.

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TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHAIlIf COME:

Be it known that L'JAMns CHAMBERS, of Boston, Ain the county of Suffolk,and State of lslassachusetts,v have made a new and useful inventionhaving reference to Wash-'Basin Faucets; and do herebydeclare the sameto be fully described in the following specification, and representedinthe accompanying drawings, of which- Figure lis a longitudinal sectionof abasin-faucet provided with my invention.

Figure 2 is a top view, and y Figure 3 a side elevation of the nut bywhich the globular head of its eduction-pipeis connected with thea standor standard. f i

This faucet is'of the kind in which the nozzle or eduction-pipe iscapable of being turned horizontally overv and away from the basin, theact of turning it over the basin enabling it to discharge water therein,and the Aact of moving itiback from thc basin causing the flowageof thewater from the nozzle to be arrested.

I have provided-the faucet with a mechanism by which the closing of thefaucet may be eected at either extreme of movement of the eduction-tube,whatever may be the arc or-numberof degrees contained in such movement.l

The particular object of my invention is to enable a'person to readilyad] admit it to operate at whatever angle of swing may be determinedvfor its nozzle.

, In the drawingsA denotes the hollow or tubular stand or standard ofthe faucet, B being the nozzle o r eduction-tuhe. C 'is theinduction-tube, made in the ordinary manner, and' provided with aclamp-nut, D, and a pipe-coupling nut, E. The standard vand theinduction-tube are connected by screws, as shown at a a. There 4isavalve-chamber, b, in the stand A, and also another such chamber, e, inthe upper part of the pipe C, there being a packing-chamber, d, oflargerdiameter, arranged'between the two,as represented. Within the packingilchamberisa short tube, e, provided with an annular. flange, f, whichencompasses it at its middle. Surrounding the tube e, and resting onopposite sides of the iiange, are two annuli o1' rings, It z',ofvulcanized India. rubber or leather. A valve-stem, E, provided with twocup or bell-valves, F' G, extends through the tube e, concen= trically,the diameter' of the stem, where it goes through ,the tube, beingsomewhat less than that of the bore of :the tube, in order that theremay be within the tube and about the stem an annular passage, 7c. Thelower valve,

G, which is everted or turned upward, is fastened to the stem. The uppervalve F is inverted or turned dowm ward, and screws upon the steunend is`held in place thereon vby means of a check-nut, Z, also screwed on thestem. The lower end of the stem terminates in a cylindrical head, m,which is perforated with water-passages n 1t, and hasa quick-screwcut onits circumference, such screw being screwed into a corresponding femalescrew formed in the induction-pipe, the same being as shown at o o. Theupper portiomp, ofthe stem E is constructed prismatic, and enters acorrespondingsocketedprojection, g, extending down within and from thehollow globular head, r, of the nozzle B, Athe whole being so that the'stem may be revolved by and with the nozzle'when the latter is turned onthe standardlA. Thenozzle revolves freely on the upper part of thestandard, and is connected therewith by'means of an annular nut, t,arranged within an annular groove, s, formed in the standard. The s\aidnut is made in halves or separate parts, as shown in figs. 2 and 3, oneof which is provided, at each of its 4ends, witha projection, u, toenter a corresponding recess made in the adjacentend of the other part.This nntscrews up into the head r in manner as represented in fig-1'. i

The twol rubber annuli, it not onlyconstitute seats to the two valves,but serve as a packing to prevent the escape of liquid `through thescrew-joint at a a.

From the aboveit will be seen that the upper valve F is adjustable onthe stem with reference to the lower valve G, and the distance whichthesevalvesmay be set 'apart from each other will determine theextent ofrotary movement of the nozzle or eductiontube B on the standard, for,when the said nozzle is turned, it will revlve the stem E. When thenozzle is moved in one direction, ,the screws at o o 'will-cause thestem to rise,. but when the nozzle is moved in the opposite direction,the said screws will cause the stem to be depressed, the

'contact of either valve with its seat limiting the movement of thestem.

Now, if, when the two valves are at equal distances from their seats, wesuppose the nozzle lto lbein the proper position over a wash-bowl todischarge water into it, we shall perceive that, by turning the nozzlein either direction horizontally, so as to bring either lvalve againstits seat, we shall out of the ilowage of water,

'ust the parts of the faucet, to

which, in its course through the faucet, goes through thenducton-tube C,the passnges n n, the valve-chamber c, the tube e, the valve-ohamberb,and thence through the standard and the nozzle. l v

I am aware that it is not new to have a faucet provided with va. singlevalve and seat,'and also with itsstem furnished with a' screw for movingthe valve relatively te itsl seat; therefore, I make no claim to such inthe' abstract.

What I claim as myinventon, in the faucet herein described, is asfollows:

I claim the combination as well as the arrangement of the two valves FGr, their seats.. h z', the passage k, the valve-chambers c, thestandard A, and the stem E, provided with operative screws o, asspeoied.

I alsoclaim thev combination as well as the arrangement of the nozzle B,the standard A, the stem E, its operative screws o, the valves F G,their sea-ts 7L i and chambers b c, and the passage c.

I also claim the combination of the tube e, the langef, and thetwro'elastic nnnuli h also, their anrancfge-4 ment, with respect to thescrew-joint a of the partsl A C, as described.

I also lainfi the combination of one of the -valves F G with its stem,by means whereby one may be adjusted thereon, with reference to theother, for the purpose of terminating the movement of the nozzle, as

described.

J AMES CHAMBERS.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, F. IP. HALE, Jr.

